Publications

Issue 30 Contents:
Jack Emberly- Gravel mining in Norrish Creek: Big trouble for Salmon
Nicole Bellay (BRIM)- Exciting Progress on the Sue Big Oil Campaign!
Vanessa Serroul- Mímexwel / nteqwtíqw “Unclean Water” & q’éytl’thet /  q̓it̓  “heal” paintings and artist statement
Tracy Lyster- Sprawl report: Contamination of local streams and salmon habitat 
Vanessa Serroul- The Rare and Elusive Black Swift
C. Schaufert- Ey Stelmexw St’etl’ilem: Good Medicine Songs
Nicole Marie Giesbrecht- Where the Grass is Long
Original artwork by Jack Gauthier, Nicole Marie Giesbrecht, Peter Gong, and Vanessa Serroul.
Courtesy photos: Jack Emberly, Bruce Klassen, C. Schaufert, Rick Skerry, Mike Stefiuk and Kevin Wright.
Cover photo: Angry Eagle by Rick Skerry.

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Issue 25 Contents:
Lina Azeez, Watershed Watch Salmon Society- Connected Waters, Connected people: Flood control that works for people and fish.
Tracy Lyster, CAUSS- The heavy economic and environmental footprint of Silverdale sprawl.
Vanessa Isnardy & Erin Patrick- WildSafeBC: How to be a leader on the path to coexisting with wildlife.
Rebecca McMurray – The rare and amazing Pacific water shrew.
Sasha Tuttle, UFV Wildlife Protection Club- Lessons about Climate Change amongst the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Christina Toth, Fraser Valley Illegal Dumping Alliance- A community movement to keep nature clean.
Original artwork by Leanne Hodges, Carrielynn Victor and Peter Gong.
Courtesy photos: Rick Skerry, Christina Toth and Lisa Reid.
Cover photo: Black bear, Bruce Klassen, Silverdale.

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Issue 24 Contents:
Taylor Buckman & Elia Pym-  Climate Action Now!
Jon Blais, Fraser Valley Conservancy – Our Cedars are Dying and We Need to Listen.
Siyamiyateliot Elizabeth Phillips & Lolehawk Laura Buker- Looking Out for the River, the People, and the Salmon.
Tracy Lyster, CAUSS- Sprawl report: How protecting and enhancing our forests can save us all.
Dr.Eoin Finn- “Clean LNG” is a myth, a bridge to climate nowhere and a dangerous fossil fuel.
Original artwork and poetry by Angela Zimmerling, Vinny Ferrario, Una-Ann, Betty Joe & Peter Gong.
Courtesy photos: Rick Skerry, Gary Haggquist, & Peter McCartney, Wilderness Committee.
Cover photo: Cooper’s hawk, Bruce Klassen, Silverdale.

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Issue 23 Contents:
Zachery Pelletier- Carbon Footprints
Angus Macdonell- Organic Farming is the Solution
Angela Zimmerling- Extinction Rebellion
Aleesha Switzer- Goldilocks frog (OSF): Saving a shallow wetland specialist in a changing climate
Eddie Gardner- The Powerful Spirit of Wild Salmon
Scarlet Stribling- Climate future
Original artwork by Lisa Shepherd & Kristi Bridgeman, Zachery Pelletier, Leanne Hodges, Scarlet Stribling & Peter Gong.
Courtesy photos: Angus Macdonell, Sharron Palmer-Hunt, South Coast Conservation Program (SCCP), Isabelle Groc, & Aleesha Switzer.
Cover photo: Anna’s hummingbird and chick, Bruce Klassen, Silverdale.

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Issue 22 Contents:
Carrie Besko- Lessons from our local wildcats
Tracy Lyster- Sprawl report-Mission needs a tree protection bylaw!
Dr. Marvin Roseau- Heart of the Fraser being destroyed by development
Dr. Claudette Bethune- Antibiotic resistance in open-net salmon farms and the threat to human health
Our Routes- Rob Taylor
Ann Murdoch- Interesting facts about the native trees of the Fraser Valley
Original artwork by: Ronnie Dean Harris, Corinne Devi (Corinne Donnelly), Rocky LaRock.
Courtesy photos: Rick Skerry, Mike Stefiuk, Nick Lanfear, Andrew Wright c/o Watershed Watch Salmon society, Dr. Marvin Roseau, Sarah Doyle.
Cover photo: Bald eagle in the winter by guest photographer Rick Skerry, Mission.

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Contents: Rebecca McMurray- Getting to know our local Species-at-Risk: The Western Toad
Lynn Perrin, PIPEUP- Kinder Morgan’s spawning deterrent assault on BC salmon
Robert Martens- toad
Dr. Claudette Bethune- Sea lice and treatment resistance in open-net salmon farms
Ian Stephen, WaterWealth- Chilliwack’s concerns with the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Expansion Project
Carl R. Koehler- Helping our local Swallows (is simple and easy)
Ann Murdoch- Baby Animal Names
Original artwork by: Carrielynn Victor, Leanne Hodges, and Peter Wayne Gong.
Courtesy photos: Mike Stefiuk, South Coast Conservation Program, Dogwood BC, Nick Lanfear and Ian Stephen (WaterWealth).
Cover photo: Great Blue Herons, Bruce Klassen.

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Contents: Rebecca McMurray- Hummingbirds in the winter?
Gordon Mohs- Mission’s unique 10,000-year-old archeological heritage
Tracy Lyster- Sprawl report: Who will protect the Stave river?
Eddie Gardner- Operation virus hunter: Fish farm violations exposed!
Michael Gildersleeve- Site C: Why should we care?
Kathryn Shaw- The owl and the fir tree
Val Pack- Getting to know our local species at risk: Snowshoe hare.
Original artwork by: Amber Silver, Peter Gong, Kathryn Shaw, Gary Haggquist, Carrielynn Victor, Kristi Bridgeman & Lisa Shepherd.
Courtesy photos: Rick Skerry, Mike Stefiuk, Gary Haggquist, Gordon Mohs, Joe Foy, Mission Museum and ACT art gallery.
Cover photo: Barred owl in a snowstorm, Bruce Klassen, Silverdale.

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Contents: Yvette John- Old Growth Medicine.
Val Pack- Townsend’s Big-eared bat.
Carl R. Koehler- Why would anyone want to purchase a Bat House?
Ann Murdoch- Did you know these terms for groups of animals?
Tracy Lyster- Sprawl report: Mission’s Proposed new Official Community Plan.
Ben West- The Race for Empowering Alternatives to Kinder Morgan.
Original artwork by: Rocky LaRock and Claire Louise Stephen.
Courtesy photos: Sarah Doyle, Jenn Barret (SCBat), Charlene Aleck, Dave Burroughs.
Cover photo- Swainson’s thrush nestlings, Bruce Klaassen, Silverdale.

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Contents:

Dr. Jeff Mathews- A fish worth fighting for.
Eddie Gardner- Stó:lõ, Salmon, and Cedar – A Sacred Relationship.
Robert Martens- Mother cedar.
Echo Lake’s Old-Growth Forest and Eagle Roost Under Threat!
Val Pack- Getting to know our local Species at Risk- Meet Boomer!
Kat Wahamaa- Stream- trading water for gravel.
Original artwork by: Leanne Hodges, Carrielynn Victor, Kat Wahamaa and Peter Gong.
Courtesy photos: Mike Stefiuk, Doug Ransome, and the South Coast Conservation Program.
Many thanks to Gerry Powers and Pontus Lindgren.
Cover photo- Black bear, Bruce Klaassen, Silverdale.

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Contents:
Dr. Marvin Rosenau- Trouble on the Fraser River at Mission: In the water and on land.
Val Pack- The latest buzz… Getting to know our local species at risk-Western Bumblebee.
Lisa Shepherd- The maligned dandelion.
Neil Smith- The zero-emissions cycle ride.
Rei Joon- Organic is a human right.
Tracy Lyster- Who will decide the fate of the Fraser river?
Original artwork by:  Lisa Shepherd, Peter Gong & Darrell Thorne.
Courtesy photos: Mike Stefiuk, Rich Hatfield, Rei Joon.
Cover photo- Bumblebee, Bruce Klaassen, Silverdale.

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